Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, who was hit with a massive scandal in February when accused of threatening to deport his Mexican ex-boyfriend, has decided to drop out of the race for a spot in the House of Representatives. In the fallout, Babeu admitted he was gay but claimed that he did not make the deportation threats.

It would be interesting to see how well this Sheriff’s candidate lives this particular incident down. It’s obvious that he will NOT engender the trust of the Mexican-American community due to this situation, and probably will lose the GLBT vote too.